Running time: 3 Minutes

By Erin Fairbanks

How can an earthquake impact soil and soil quality? We checked in with Alice Marcus Kreig co-owner of Groundworks a garden design, installation and maintenance firm and co-host of We Dig Plants on HRN. Alice, knows soil—in fact, Groundworks produces and sells their own soil mix aptly named “Brooklyn Blend.” Tune in here for more.

Learn about soil science, irrigation and deep root vines on a comprehensive episode of In the Drink. Joe Campanale is joined by Brian O'Donnell of Belle Pente Vineyards. Brian and his wife Jill founded Belle Pente in 1992 with the purchase of a 70-acre farm just east of Carlton in what is now the heart of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Vineyards were planted starting in 1994, and their first commercial production of Pinot Noir was in 1996. Since the beginning, the goal has been to craft old world styled wines of impeccable balance and seductive complexity that reflect a strong sense of place. Carefully selected and well managed dry-farmed vineyards, staggered harvesting, meticulous hand sorting, small lot fermentations, 100% gravity processing, indigenous yeasts, finished wine moved directly-to-barrel (no settling), cold cellar temperatures to delay malolactic fermentation, long elevage, moderate use of new oak, and bottling without fining or filtration are among the techniques utilized to achieve this goal. This program was brought to you by Visit Napa Valley.

"Vineyards by definition are a monoculture. The only thing you can really do is work the fringes and the environment." [14:00]

Get in the Thanksgiving spirit by traveling in time on a brand new episode of We Dig Plants! Carmen DeVito and Alice Marcus Krieg are joined by Kirk Ryan Brown, Vice President of the Garden Writers Association, who channels the legendary John Bartram and Frederick Olmsted! Hear about these two horticultural legends join in on a conversation about Thanksgiving, plants, democracy & land use - from the redwood forests to the gulf stream waters! This program was brought to you by Fairway Market

"I cannot pass a plant that I haven't experienced and wish to have the wonder of it to come home and live with me in my garden. My wife suspects me and feels sometimes I overlook her!" [14:00]

"I can look back over many seasons and se all those mistakes and how many more we are compounding them with as we pass by." [12:00]